Archive for the 'Soul Asylum' Tag Under 'Soundcheck' Category

Add one more to the list of recently announced radio festivals, as Power 106 FM has revealed the roster for its annual Powerhouse, June 22 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

Chris Brown caps a lineup that, unlike last year’s more old-school rundown, leans heavier on relatively newer acts. That includes Tyga (fast becoming a fixture of these bashes), A$AP Rocky, Big Sean, Trinidad James, Future, Problem and Drop City Yacht Club, as well as “surprise guests.”

Power’s exclusive presale starts Thursday, May 9, at 10 a.m. Join the station’s Power Points program to receive the password. Otherwise, remaining tickets go on sale Friday, May 10, at 10 a.m. Prices: $50-$125, or $64.75-$144.45 including service fees.

More Pacific shows: Two more nights have been booked for the Costa Mesa amphitheater’s run during the OC Fair, including a return visit from Joan Jett and the Blackhearts on July 25, with prices starting at $19.50, and an Aug. 7 appearance from U.K. boy band the Wanted, $29.50-$69.60. Tickets go on sale Saturday at 10 a.m.

Last year the Hoodwink -- the prelude to the annual Bamboozle festival, which kicks off this afternoon in Anaheim -- proved so popular that it sold out the Mouse House. So it was only logical that organizers would supersize this time out, shifting the night-before novelty gig to the doubly large Grove, situated just a parking lot away from its parent festival's new location, Angel Stadium. (Check back throughout the weekend for coverage of both day's performances.)

What does it mean that this year's Hoodwink drew fewer people, it seemed, than would fill the House of Blues? That the concept is already played out? Or is simply that this year's Bamboozle/Hoodwink package just isn't strong enough to attract crowds?

It certainly isn't half as appealing as the original fest in Jersey this year, May-1, where expected acts like Paramore, Angels & Airwaves (also playing today in Anaheim) and Saves the Day are rubbing shoulders with more than a few Coachella-worthy names: Weezer (likely the first major performance from the group since Rivers Cuomo's sidelining accident) plus MGMT, Drake, Girl Talk, Mutemath, Wale, OK Go … hell, it's even got Hanson and, appearing both days, hot-right-now fluff-peddler Ke$ha. Much like the past two Bamboozles in Irvine, that at least has the potential for a consistently interesting experience.

As it is, the alarmingly low turnout for Friday's Hoodwink -- the majority of which clearly came to hear Circa Survive rock some Nirvana in drag -- suggests that there won't be throngs of Bamboozlers on hand today until sundown. In other words: half the crowd is only coming to see AFI, a cultishly idolized group that hasn't exactly made itself scarce lately. (Davey & Jade et al will return in August to open for Green Day at Verizon.)